Dress Fabric
ca. 1860 (made)
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This Jacquard woven silk and cotton mix fabric was manufactured by W. & C. Morley of Cheapside, London in about 1860. The fabric was designed to be made into dresses or waistcoats. Paisley prints were very popular at this time on scarves, shawls, woven vestings and ladies' printed cotton dress fabrics. The pine cone motif was taken from Kashmir shawls made in India, then adapted by British shawl manufactures in Paisley, Edinburgh and Norwich.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Jacquard-woven silk, wool and cotton |
| Brief description | Dress fabric of Jacquard-woven silk, wool and cotton, manufactured by Messrs. W.& C. Morley, London, ca. 1860 |
| Physical description | Dress fabric of Jacquard-woven silk, wool and cotton. With a design of cones and other floral motifs in blue, pink, red and white silk on a green woollen ground. |
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| Summary | This Jacquard woven silk and cotton mix fabric was manufactured by W. & C. Morley of Cheapside, London in about 1860. The fabric was designed to be made into dresses or waistcoats. Paisley prints were very popular at this time on scarves, shawls, woven vestings and ladies' printed cotton dress fabrics. The pine cone motif was taken from Kashmir shawls made in India, then adapted by British shawl manufactures in Paisley, Edinburgh and Norwich. |
| Bibliographic reference | Parry, Linda. British Textiles from 1850 to 1900 London : Victoria and Albert Museum 1993. Plate 24. |
| Other number | AP.318:49 - Previous number |
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| Accession number | T.38S-1959 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2004 |
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